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Have you experimented with buffer sizes etc? ASIO is very sensitive to the buffer geometry, and so you should optimise both your audio card and BA1 for the lowest setting without artefacts.
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Audio Processor > Final > Final Clip Drive. This amateur's advice is to write down the default setting for whichever preset you are modifying; as you might expect, each preset is set at a particular Clip Drive level.
[/quote]Have you noticed that the text changes colour if you move any settings from the default? Certainly write down any settings yoyu are experimenting with, but, if you are not sure where you started, move the slider and you will see the text will go back to white when it hits the original setting.
The .amx files can be imported/exported to/from BA1 using the built in option, but I suspect that there is an add-in program which lets the various parameters be tweaked and that is only in the possession of people like Leif, Jesse G etc. We mere mortals don't get to play in that sand pit.
Sure, you can edit the file in notepad, and tweak some of the settings, but to add or subtract a whole lot of band settings would not be for the faint hearted.
I may be wrong, but I thought there was an upgrade path from one to the other for free or a nominal fee.?
I don't use BAE, but its "big brother", Breakaway One. However, the principal is the same. Both use Automatic Gain Control (AGC) to pull up the quieter levels to a pre-set point. It follows that the AGC can work in reverse – pushing DOWN the levels where they exceed the pre-set point. In BA1, you can tweak the head room upwards or downwards so that the AGC will not clamp until later. I assume that you can do the same in BAE.
Alternatively, switch to a preset which is more tolerant of the higher dynamics.
With some play-out programs, you need to use Virtual Audio Cables (included with BA1) to intercept the audio and input it to BA1.
Without getting too technical (because I don't have the terminology), it is all about the "frame rate" or the number of complete frames that fit into the allocated area. Obviously, the larger the buffer, the more frames can fit, so the jitter percentage drops. However, it takes longer to refresh the buffer, so the latency rises. So it's a compromise between low jitter and low latency.
Bottom line – if you can't hear artefacts of any sort, a higher jitter rate is not a bad thing unless you are playing music videos where the lip synch will drift from the audio. If you are synching with video, you should aim for the lowest jitter rate, or adjust the video delay (if an option) so the audio and video are synchronised.
Hi James (my real name too :))
I have one HD core selected through Main Configuration > Audio Processing Cores.
Then, click on Main Configuration > HD Processor > Input and select KS Streaming (if this works for you). Also select Breakaway Pipeline 1. This will allow my playback software to play through the VAC interface.Then, click on Main Configuration > HD Processor > Output and select KS Streaming, and then "Disabled" for the output device (you can change this to suit your needs).
Click on Common Audio Devices > ASIO > Main and select your sound card. Set up the buffers, sample rate etc to suit.
Click on Common Audio Devices > ASIO > Inputs and select your soundcard analogue interface. This is where the analogue inputs from the soundcard will mix into the audio.
Click on Common Audio Devices > ASIO > Outs. I have Common Monitor turned OFF. Under HD Processor and select your soundcard Digital Outs Left and Right. I have Speaker Outputs OFF.
That should be it! Connect your analogue and digital inputs to the soundcard, and you should be able to play either.
Cheers, James
BA1 can only have one ASIO device defined per core, but, if that device has a digital and an analogue input, both can be active at the same time. Some ASIO sound cards provide switching or mixing capabilities within them, but even if they don't both inputs can be defined, so long as only one is used at a time. I have a digital input via my playout software which comes in via Virtual Audio Cable, and I also have a phono preamp connected directly to the ASIO analogue inputs. If I want to play digital music, it uses VAC. If I play a record, it uses the soundcard input. Of course, there is a risk that you can play both at the same time.
There is certainly no problem running any Breakaway products on Windows 10 that I am aware of. I have BA1 running without a whimper, but I don't have the other products. I will refer it to one of the development team for more answers.
